Total Crime Rate
11.0 per 1,000
All offences · May 2025 - Apr 2026Violent Crime Rate
7.4 per 1,000
May 2025 - Apr 2026Lance Close area has the lowest crime rate of 83 local areas in Brownlow Hill , and the 62nd lowest crime rate of 1,552 local areas in Liverpool .
This postcode forms a relatively safe pocket compared with the surrounding streets. Neighbouring areas record much higher crime levels, even though this postcode itself remains comparatively low-crime.
The overall crime rate in the area around Lance Close (L5 4TG) in the last 12 months was 11.0 per 1,000 residents and was 98.3% lower than the Brownlow Hill average (640.1 per 1,000 residents). In the last 12 months, this area’s most reported crimes were Anti-social behaviour with 1 offences recorded. The least common crime was Anti-social behaviour with 1 case , unchanged from 2025. The fastest-growing crime category was Public order ( 100.0% YoY). Other major crime categories were broadly unchanged compared to 2025.
Violent crimes totalled 2 (≈ 7.4 per 1,000 residents). Year-over-year these were rising ( 100.0% ). Over the last decade, overall crime has falling ( -84.7% comparing early vs recent averages) .
In the area around Lance Close (L5 4TG), the main crime hotspot is near Handfield Place. Police recorded 18 crimes here, including 12 violent or public-order offences. All these locations are within roughly 0.3 miles.
View Crime In Liverpool| Month | Crime | Location* | Last Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Wentworth Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other crime | Tavy Road | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Other theft | Fitzclarence Way | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Public order | Breckfield Road North | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Hamilton Road | Local resolution |
| Apr 2026 | Violence and sexual offences | Handfield Place | Unable to prosecute suspect |
| Apr 2026 | Burglary | Friar Street | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Drugs | Wentworth Drive | Under investigation |
| Apr 2026 | Criminal damage and arson | Tavy Road | Awaiting court outcome |
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